Fear & Love

Fifty Four

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Gita put a hand on her mouth hearing the shocking news. No! How can Isha run away? She was starting to accept this engagement. However impulsive Isha is, she won't run away like this.

Gita looked back at the mansion full of guests. What are they going to tell them?

Anand's father put a hand on his  shoulder to calm his raging son. But Anand was not going to have any of it.

"I know who here might have some answers." He looked straight at Gita. Gita was scared to face him when he was so angry. She clutched the side of her lehenga to give support to her nervous self. He took Gita's hand in hers while ignoring his father's voice to be calm.

Anand dragged Gita upstairs as she pleaded him to slow down. He opened his bedroom and pushed Gita inside while he locked the room.

He turned towards her and she could see the old Anand who was infamous for his temper, whose attitude screamed he was not to be mess with. The one she knew when she was a teenager.

"Where is Isha?" He asked gritting his teeth.

Gita stepped back, "I...I don't know. She didn't tell me." It was the truth! She had seen Isha only till lunch after that Isha was busy with her spa session and they got ready in separate rooms.

"You don't know or you are pretending to not know anything, my innocent wife?" He asked menacingly coming close to her. He loosened his sherwani buttons.

"I don't know." Gita repeated her words with conviction feeling scared to be with Anand when he is so angry. Why did Isha had to run?

Anand closed his eyes, not liking his wife's response.

"Gitanjali. Don't fuck with me right now. Tell me where is Isha?" Anand put hands on his waist asking Gita sincerely.

"I swear Anand, I don't know. Wait, I...I will call her." Gita said desperately to try to calm Anand down and not be the one to face his wrath.

In one moment, Anand closed the gap between them and held her arms in a tight grip and pulled her closer, "Acting so innocent as if you don't know shit. But listen Gitanjali and listen to me well, there is a lot at stake here. So, if I get to know you are complicit in making her run away,I will not spare you." He said in a dangerously low voice. Her arms began to ache. She tried getting out of his hold.

"Anand, I am saying the truth. I didn't see her after the lunch. She told me she had called for a spa session in the room and not to disturb her." Gita said truthfully and Anand left her after much deliberation.

There were loud knocks on the door and Anand opened it to reveal Ami who told Anand that Daddu is asking for him. He glanced at Gita standing behind him and left the room.

"Hey, are you okay?" Concerned laced in Ami's voice. With Anand so angry, it was clear that they must have had some argument. As Ami stepped closer, Gita moved back and ask her to stop with her hand.

"I am okay. Please leave me alone for some time." Ami didn't agree but Gita pleaded her that she wants to be left alone.

A cry left her as soon as Ami went away. She rubbed her arms and soothed it. Has she done wrong about keeping a secret about Isha's boyfriend from Anand? At this point, she only knew to blame herself. She really had no clue that Isha would do something like this. She sat on the floor as the questions haunt her.

She recalled seeing Isha the last time when she told her about the spa session and make up time. Did she miss something? She gave it a thought and it clicked! Isha had hugged her tight and said sorry to her. When Gita asked her the reason, Isha shook her head. Gita assumed her sorry was everything that had happened with Rohan and their little argument about love being a stupid thing or not. She never once thought her sorry was for a different thing and she is going to do something so reckless.